as in vagueness
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Noun
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Perhaps the intent is to cultivate suspense, yet the effect is a frustrating vagueness around the base conditions for the show’s central infatuation.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
5 Mar. 2026 -
City Attorney Ryan Denk shared concerns about the vagueness of the consequences for violating the ordinance and said the ordinance had to be enforced evenly.—
Lynne Hermansen,
Kansas City Star,
27 Feb. 2026
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The murkiness of Acquisition Logistics’ involvement in El Paso is hardly an exception among many of the companies profiting from the border-security gold rush.—
Garrett M. Graff,
New Yorker,
28 Feb. 2026
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There is a bit of murkiness on salaries for coaches of private schools like TCU, as USA Today’s amounts for private schools were based on schools’ most recently available financial records, which cover the 2023 calendar year.—
SportsDay Staff,
Dallas Morning News,
18 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The text is not without ambiguity.—
Cass Sunstein,
Big Think,
5 Mar. 2026
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The magic act of Okri’s writing is his ability to maintain ambiguity while always keeping his language limpid and direct.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
4 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Regardless of whether Arthur Agee and William Gates become the next Jordan — or even the next Isiah Thomas — their lives wind up far more interesting than potential glory, with unexpected developments achieving a profundity few scripts ever could have.—
Eric Farwell,
Entertainment Weekly,
21 Feb. 2026
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There is probably an existential shock, and the profundity of that shock is probably not yet understood.—
Max Gao,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Byrne is generous with his time and attention, but there’s also a Warholian air of mystery about him—a gentle impenetrability, a feeling of separateness.—
Amanda Petrusich,
New Yorker,
10 Nov. 2025
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As a result, the impenetrability of EU bureaucracies will continue to limit the United States’ ability to restructure transatlantic economic relations.—
JENNIFER KAVANAGH,
Foreign Affairs,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The brain has a master clock that is set by exposure to sunlight and darkness.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 Mar. 2026
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In the darkness of a vacant parking lot outside Dell Children's Medical Center, more than 50 of Andres Vega's friends and family members extended their arms into the air Wednesday evening and sang his favorite spiritual song.—
Rick Cantu,
Austin American Statesman,
5 Mar. 2026
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“Shadowiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shadowiness. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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